Sometimes YouTube's insistence on Flash is just for the advertising pre-roll. Try changing the URL from youtube\.com/watch?v=HaShVaLuE to youtube\.com/embed/HaShVaLuE That, along with HTML5 support usually works for me. But I still get errors when Sony or EMI or BMG restricts playback in my geolocation.

Sometimes YouTube's insistence on Flash is just for the advertising pre-roll. Try changing the URL from youtube\.com/watch?v=HaShVaLuE to youtube\.com/embed/HaShVaLuE That, along with HTML5 support usually works for me. But I still get errors when Sony or EMI or BMG restricts playback in my geolocation.